"Liberal icon" fractures 3 ribs in fall
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 9 November 2018
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of the most polarizing figures in American culture. Today's podcast examines reasons for our divisive views of the Supreme Court and invites us to embrace the highest priorities of life. For more news discerned differently, or to receive the Daily Article via email, please visit denisonforum.org.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Denison Forum, and this is the daily article for Friday, November 9th, 2018. |
| 0:06.2 | Take my ribs, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This is how many across the nation have responded to the news |
| 0:11.3 | that the longtime Supreme Court Justice fell in her office Wednesday evening, breaking three ribs. |
| 0:16.5 | Others have been less charitable. Justice Ginsburg is a metaphor for American culture. How you reacted |
| 0:22.1 | to the news of her accident likely reveals your position on today's highly partisan political |
| 0:27.0 | spectrum. Justice Ginsburg was one of nine women in her class at Harvard Law School. She was the |
| 0:32.5 | first woman to become a tenured professor at Columbia University Law School and the co-founder |
| 0:37.3 | of the Women's |
| 0:38.0 | Right Project at the ACLU. As the leader of this project, she successfully argued six landmark |
| 0:43.8 | cases before the Supreme Court. President Clinton nominated her to the Supreme Court in 1993. |
| 0:49.6 | The Senate confirmed her by a 96-3 vote. Since that time, she has gained a reputation for personal fortitude. |
| 0:56.6 | She has yet to miss a day of oral arguments, even while undergoing chemotherapy from pancreatic |
| 1:01.4 | cancer, recovering from surgery for colon cancer, and grieving the death of her husband in 2010. |
| 1:07.3 | Ginsburg has become a so-called liberal icon who describes herself as, quote, a flaming feminist litigator. |
| 1:14.0 | Her criticism of Donald Trump during the presidential campaign drew applause from his critics and censure from his supporters. |
| 1:21.1 | It is tempting to view today's polarization of the Supreme Court as a necessary reflection of the polarization of our nation. |
| 1:28.0 | Since we're divided between red and blue states, rural and urban liberals and conservatives, |
| 1:32.7 | it seems fitting that our justices reflect such a vision. |
| 1:35.9 | And it seems appropriate that the president should be able to make judicial nominations |
| 1:39.8 | consistent with his political position since he was elected by the will of the people. |
| 1:44.6 | As a very strong pro-life supporter, you might expect me to defend this position |
| 1:48.5 | since it led to the recent appointments of two conservative justices. |
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